Ford Blitz Restoration/Rebuild

[Private_collector]

I received an unexpected telephone call this afternoon, advising that the two TAC plates & holders were ready for me to pick up. This was significantly quicker than thought. I only requested them yesterday morning.
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This is the second time I have dealt with Gympie Sheet Metal, and it won't be the last. Turnaround time has exceeded prediction both times and standard of work is faultless!

These ones are exactly the right size and will look great once finished. Since I now have these to play with, I might see if I can get the plates painted this weekend. Painting being: Red for unit side and truck color for the "PASS" side. I can't paint the frames yet, at least until I weld the brackets onto back of each one. That may occur Saturday, but if not, it won't happen this weekend at all because on Sunday we are going to the Pumpkin Festival, at Goomeri. Renown for the famous "Pumpkin Rolling" competition. Yeah I know....i'm laughing about it too . Still my Wife puts up with all things CMP so I can go to this thing every year, besides, there's a HUGE street market, lots of displays including vintage stationary engines and classic cars!!! It actually is a lot of fun............unless you are one of the hundreds of pumpkins that get rolled down the steep hill.........then it's pumpkin mash for you! Strange that they have the classic cars in line with the end of the hill though?!?!?!?
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Moving on, I received the info plates that go on the engine cover, that I had bought from David D. Bloody good condition they are too. I gave em a light tickle with some silvo and removed a small amount of age related soiling. The photo really doesn't do justice to em though. They are very nice. Thanks to Keith, I know the shift plate isn't 100% correct for the type of transfer case but I will attach this plate for now.

boom shanka!